Conservative columnist David Brooks asserts that the Republican Party is "no longer a normal party" because members don't care about winning fiscally conservative policies, but only about making Democrats look bad.

I'm with most economists who think not raising the debt ceiling is crazy. But not surprisingly, several Mlive commentators disagree and have been discussing taxes since the Clinton era. Here's some of the debate.

Ms.
Demas seems to forget that the Republicans only control the House. The
Dems have absolutely embarrassed themselves with their lack of
leadership and courage. The didn't even introduce a budget last year
when they controlled Congress and the Executive because they knew their
spending ways would kill them in the elections, which as it turned out,
killed them anyway.

I
say, let the republicans let the default happen, the resulting
financial market disasters, no social security payments, medicare bills
and a general government shutdown would spell the end of the current
republican party. The republican party has been purchased by five
percent of the population and large corporations and no longer
represents the vast majority of Americans.

I
see the Class Warfare coming from the Republicans.. Look at Michigan ..
More for the Rich and alot less for the Middle class and poor.

Mackinaw Center (Right Wing Think Tank) says : People are not Equal
and Equal People are not Free. You can look at their page and see the
whole plan of cutting unions, privatizing police/fire ect, increasing
taxes on poor & elderly while increasing benefits and tax cuts for
wealthy & corporations. They are not equal to us and souldn't be,
according to the republican think tanks writing the legislation.